Cardiology practices must prepare for dozens of ICD-10-CM and CPT® code changes that have already started to take effect. These changes will affect coding for myocardial infarction, heart failure, sclerotherapy, and anticoagulant management, among many other services. Practices must quickly adjust to Medicare and other fee schedule changes as well as new policies from Medicare’s National Correct Coding Initiative.

Understand ICD-10-CM Official Guideline changes for combination codes and the various MI types

Describe changes in the final Medicare physician fee schedule that will affect cardiology

Agenda:

How to use the new codes for secondary pulmonary hypertension, myocardial infarction, and heart failure categories in ICD-10-CM

New Medicare billing rules that impact cardiology practices and learn strategies to address them

2018 ICD-10-CM Official Coding Guidelines, including the latest revisions to rules for coding type 2 myocardial infarction, as well as documentation challenges of “linked” diagnosis codes such as diabetes

How to properly select sclerotherapy and endovenous ablation codes, including how they are distinguished and what services may be billed in addition

Guideline changes in the CPT manual for services including observation care, sclerotherapy, and anticoagulant management

Who Should Listen?

Cardiology practice coders

Coding managers

Billing managers

Clinicians

Compliance managers

Continuing Education

AAPC(Live + On Demand) -This program has the prior approval of AAPC for 1.0 continuing education hours. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor. (Ability to claim CEH’s for this webinar expires on: 12/5/18)

BMSC (Live + On Demand) - Attendance for the entire webinar, sponsored by Decision Health, is required to earn the continuing education unit. Upon the completion of the webinar, attendees will receive 1 HCS-D CEU from the Board of Medical Specialty Coding and Compliance. (Ability to claim CEU for this webinar expires on:12/05/18)

American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)(Live + On Demand) - This program has been approved for 1.0 continuing education unit for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Granting prior approval from AHIMA does not constitute endorsement of the program content or its program sponsor. (Ability to claim CEU’s for this webinar expires on: 12/05/18)

Your Expert Presenter:

Terry A. Fletcher, CPC, CCC, CEMC, SCP-CA, ACS-CA, CCS-P, CCS, CMSCS, CMCS, CMC, is a coding and billing expert, auditor, and educator based in Laguna Beach, California, with over 30 years of medical industry experience. She is a past member of the National Advisory Board for AAPC, past chair of the AAPCCA, and AAPC national and regional conference educator. Fletcher is the technical editor for SelectCoder® from DecisionHealth, and editorial advisor for Cardiology Coding Alert! and Practice Management Coding Alert! from The Coding Institute, as well as co-author of the Peripheral and Cardiology Coder from MedLearn. Fletcher is an educator for McVey Seminars, MGMA, Audio Educator, AAPC, AHIMA, MedLearn Media, OnlineAudioTraining.com, DecisionHealth, and PioneerEducator, teaching over 100 specialty coding seminars, teleconferences, and webinars every year. Fletcher is the author of several coding and reimbursement publications, as well as a practice auditor for multiple specialty practices nationwide. She also moderates her own Coding Corner Network for online CPT/ICD-10-CM coding questions from physician coders.